The Flaming Herald

“And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.In response Jesus said to it, ‘Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.’ Then Jesus […]

Someone asked lesbian celebrity Rosie O’Donnell if she thought she would go to heaven when she died. Her response, so typical of America, went something like this; “God must know how much I’m trying to be good.” Doesn’t it make you sick and sad when this kind of question solicits such a hopeless response? The

Years ago I was preaching a series of strong holiness messages in a particular church. After one of the meetings the pastor said something to me that I’ve never forgotten. “The Lord has dealt with me about preaching more on love than holiness,” he said. That statement didn’t sit well with me. I knew it

A few years ago, the Spirit of God quickened my wife to pray concerning the importance of a dream she was given. In the dream she was walking with a pastor on church property where many were gathered in a picnic-like fellowship. As they were walking, she noticed a small cookhouse where the pastor took

It is the betrayal of the wisdom and power of God, and stands in direct contradiction to the gospel of Jesus Christ and to Christianity. It’s been around for thousands of years, before creation as a matter of fact. It was born from rebellion in the heart of Lucifer before the creation of man, and

Humanism is the enthronement and glorification of self. It is what the Western culture worships. It is diluting the church’s progress and hampering her power and impact. The dictionary definition of humanism is this: “the denial of any power or moral value superior to that of humanity; the rejection of religion in favor of a

Consider these statistics of Christianity in America: Eighty-four percent of the inhabitants of this nation say they believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, according to Barna Group, and 45 percent claim to be born-again Christians. Other studies show it is closer to 33 percent. Either way, these numbers are high. Seventy-seven percent believe their

When backsliders, hypocrites and the halfhearted seeker among us are made to feel comfortable instead of convicted, soothed instead of smitten, pampered instead of pricked, then something is terribly wrong. The holy fire of God is to burn so brightly in the church that it allows no room for indifference so that hypocrites will not